Tile roofing



Aug. 17 1926.

1,596,515- A. P. BERTOLUCCI TILE ROOFING File d Nov: 11, 1925 INVENTORAllBertaZuoci BY mm ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 17, 1926.

ANTONIO P. BERTOLUCCI, or SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.

TILE ROOFING.

Application filed November )7 This invention relates to improvements intile roofing, my principal object being-to provide a roofing of thischaracter con structed of a number ofdifferent elements arranged to beassociated with each other to form a complete roof, and so constructedthat when the elements are placed 'in position, an absolutely watertight roof will be formed.

Another object is to provide roofing members of such a nature thatskilled labor is not essential in placing or assembling a roof.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensivedevice and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposefor which it is designed.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relativearrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the followingspecification and claim.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in the several views:

Fig. 1 is a front view of a section of roof ing, certain of the archmembers being re moved or broken out to illustrate various features ofarrangement.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section On the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on thedrawings the numeral 1 denotes a plurality of flat rectangular members 1from the body of the roof along the lower edges thereof.

Flanges 2 of any desired and uniform height throughout extend upwardlyof the members 1 along the sides but not along the ends thereof, so thateach member practicallv forms a wide shallow trough. When assembling aroof these members are laid first, but abutted closely against eachother, and being supported along adjacent side edges by the usualrafters 3 and attached thereto in any suitable manner, as by nailing.Only a single row of these members is used.

Beyond such members other fiat members 4 are employed and form the majorportion of the body of the roofing. These members are preferably thesame length as the members 1 but are slightly tapered from end to end;as shown. By so doing it will be seen that while one end of such membersmay overlap and rest on the corresponding members 1 between the flanges2 thereof, the

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other end of said members 4 will be the same width as the members 1,toreceive the adjacent narrow end of the members 4 in the next row. andso on. v

The members 4 also have flanges 5 along their side edges correspondingto the flanges 2 on the members 1. g

It will therefore be evident that if these various members are laid at'acertain slant with their lower ends overlapping the members in the rowsbelow a reasonable distance, water cannot lea-l; between the differentrows longitudinally of the roof. All water fallin on these memberswill'fiow down to the lower ends of the members 1, there to drop ontothe ground, or to be received into a gutter, as may be desired.

Water would however leak between the members along their sides ortransversely of the roof if some means were not emr ployed to preventthis. I therefore provide inverted troughs or arch members to cover theabutting side edges and flanges of the different flat roof elements. Forthe edges of the members 1 the arches 6 may' have parallel sides. Thesearches rest on adjacent members 1 inwardly of the flanges 2 and ofcourse straddle the latter, extending from the outer edges of saidmembers to the overlapping lower edges of the adj acent row of members4. The outer ends of these arches may be filled with grout as at 7 tobind the same to the members 1. j

The arch members 8 to coverthe diverging edges of adjacent members 4have a transverse taper from end to end corresponding to the angle ofdivergence of said edges.

These arches also rest on the flat portions of the members 4 inwardly ofthe flanges 5 and straddle the same. They are also arranged to overlapthe arches 6 a certain distance and to extend thence to abut, againstthe overlapping lower edges of the next row of members 4. Similarly thearches for the next row of members 4 overlaps the upper ends of thearches 8 of the row below, and extend thence to the 0verlapping edges ofthe next row of members 4 thereabove. The arches 8 being tapered, notonly enables the sides of the same to be parallel to the adjacentflanges 5, so as to prevent displacement of the arches relative to theflanges; but enables the lower end 1: the arch t p p rly overlap theupper end of the arch in the row below. This arch arrangemenhas will beevident, provides an efiicient water tight covering for the jointsbetween the body members of the root, and 'in connection with theoverlapping'ot the arches themselves and the overlapping of the bodymembers with each other, insures that all joints in the entire roof willand therefore rendered leak-proof.

lhe material of which all roof elements are made is preferably asuitableclay product, such as is commonly used for tile male ing but cement,concrete, or other material may be used if desired.

it will be noted that the first or rectangular row of tile is the onlyone wliich'is nencessarily secured to the rafters! In the subsequentrows, the tile being tapered from end to end and fitting into ea -hother and into the tile of the first row, as shown and described, do notneed such securing means, since they wedge into each other and cannotslip down to completely overlap the tile of the adjacent rows.

it will also be evident that the arches, Without any securing means,cannot slide along the flat tile or along each other, since thediverging flanges On the flat tile form a wed e shaped structurepreventing such movement of the arches therealongand th I tapered fit of.the arches with each other covered prevents longitudinalmovement of thetile on eachotherr From the foregoing description it will be readilyseen that I have produced such a device, as substantially fulfills theobjects of the invention as set forth" herei Vhile this specificationsets forth in detailthe present and preferred construction of the deiice,- stillin practice such deviations from such detail may be resortedto as do not forma'departure'from the spirit of the invention, asdefinedby the appended claim. 7

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new. and useful anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is V A tile roofing structurecomprising the laid courses, each tile of each course coniprising atapered ineinber, upturned edges along; and following the taperedrsideedgesot the tile, the narrow endof the tile in one course being wedgedbetween the, es of the wide end 0t the'tiie in an rent course; and anarch member oven lapping each pair of adjacent flanges, each arch membertapering from end to end, the wide ends of the'arches in one coursewedging over the narrow ends of the; arches in the adjacent course. 7

In testimonywhereof I afiix my signature.

ANTONIO ensurotobor

